Prahran (Southern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 60,188 people in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 28.4% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 28.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.4% were in primary school, 8.4% in secondary school and 37.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) were English 22.7%, Australian 17.2%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.5% and Chinese 4.0%.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 57.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 3.6%, India 2.7%, Greece 1.7% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 41.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) were No Religion 32.0%, Catholic 18.7%, Anglican 11.9%, Eastern Orthodox 4.5% and Judaism 4.5%.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) 69.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.2%, Mandarin 2.0%, Russian 1.7%, Cantonese 1.3% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 37,945 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan). Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) included Professionals 40.0%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Labourers 2.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%, Hospitals 4.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) was $959.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.9%, Train 12.2%, Tram 10.9%, Walked only 9.7% and Bicycle 3.6%. On the day, 30.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.6% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 25.2% were couple families with children, 59.2% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,211 and those without children was $2,636.

Employment status of couple families

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 35.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 18.5% were separate houses, 15.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 65.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 25.4% had 1 bedroom, 45.3% had 2 bedrooms and 20.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 20.1% were owned outright, 20.3% were owned with a mortgage and 56.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), of all households, 45.7% were family households, 41.4% were single person households and 12.9% were group households.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 49.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), there were 209 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 115 (or 55.0%) were male and 94 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 26 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,442.

In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.